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MILANES ARMENGOL, Armando; MOLINA CASTELLANOS, Katia; GONZALEZ DIAZ, Alina  y  RUIZ BORGES, Katia. Incidence of ocular emergencies in the emergency room of the University General Hospital of Cienfuegos. Medisur [online]. 2015, vol.13, n.1, pp. 46-57. ISSN 1727-897X.

Background: There are few international and national studies on the incidence of ocular emergencies though there are frequent complaints. Objective: To determine the incidence and types of emergencies attended by the department of Ophthalmology at the General University Hospital of Cienfuegos. Methods: Case series study of all patients attended in the Emergency Department of Ophthalmology in Cienfuegos Hospital from March 2013 to March 2014. There were analyzed: name of the patient, sex, age, origin, diagnosis emergency, classification code colors, total of patients requiring surgical treatment and hospitalization. Results: Predominated aged 41-60 years (35.8%), males (58.6%) and the largest number of cases attended corresponded to patients in the provincial capital. There was a predominance of green code (70.9%); the conditions most represented were inflammations of annexes followed by injuries; 72 patients needed surgery, (0.38%) and 59 required hospitalizations, the rest of the patients were on ambulatory treatment with follow up in outpatient department ( 0.31%). Conclusions: The incidence of true ophthalmologic emergencies was low, for inflammatory conditions of Annexes classified as green code, were the most frequent cause of patient care; conditions that can be treated in primary services, indicating to mismanagement of physicians in the treatment of these ophthalmic conditions with consequent social and economic burden involving secondary services.

Palabras clave : emergencies; ophthalmology; incidence; hospitals; Cuba.

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